The Aunts' Cook Book

Just how to mix: Cream the butter, add sugar, then the eggs beaten very lightly. Mix all the spices through the flour, then add the flour to the above, then put in the molasses, and when well mixed, add the fruit a little at a time, and keep thinning it with the brandy. Last of all put in the oranges. This quantity will make six good sized cakes. Aunt Robbie's Gingerbread }/i cupful sugar 2 teaspoonsful soda dissolved ^ cupful butter in 1 cup boiling water 1 cupful molasses 2^ cupsful pastry flour 1 teaspoonful cinnamon (no more) 1 teaspoonful ginger 2 well beaten eggs 1 teaspoonful cloves Cakes and Cookies 117 Cream butter and sugar, add molasses, spices, soda in water and flour, lastly eggs just before baking. Mix quickly and put into oven at once. Bake thirty-five minutes in a moderate oven. Aunt Elinor's Gingerbread 1 cup molasses 1 teaspoon cinnamon 3^ cup butter or Crisco 3^ teaspoon cloves J^ cup boiling water IJ^ baking soda 1 3^ cups flour 2 eggs 1 teaspoon ginger Warm molasses and butter together, add spices, then well beaten eggs. When thoroughly mixed, add alternately the flour and water in which soda is dissolved. Bake at 450® about 20 minutes to ^ hour. Aunt Elinor's Ginger Cookies 1 J^ cup lard 3 cups flour 1 cup sugar 1 tablespoonful ginger 1 cup molasses 1 tablespoonful cinnamon 3 eggs 1 tablespoonful baking powder 1 tablespoonful soda pinch of salt 1 cup boiling water Drop with a spoon on greased cookie pan. Aunt Elinor's Vanilla Wafers }/i cup butter and lard 2 teaspoons vanilla 1 cup sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder ]4: cup milk ]^ teaspoon salt 2 cups flour 1 egg 118 Cakes and Cookies Cream butter and sugar, add well beaten egg, milk and vanilla, then dry ingredients. Chill in refrigerator 4 hours. Roll very thin and bake at about 450^ to S00^ Aunt Elinor's Chocolate Cookies ^ cup butter 1 tablespoon vanilla ^ cup sugar ^ teaspoon baking powder ^ cup rice flour 1 egg 2 tablespoons cocoa or chocolate Cream shortening and sugar, add cocoa and vanilla, then beaten egg and flour mixed with baking powder. Drop far apart on greased pan and bake at about 375** to 400**. These quantities make about 24 cookies. It is easy to double or treble the quantities. Whitman's instantaneous chocolate is excellent in cookies or icings. Aunt Elinor's Oat Meal Wafers 1 egg Salt 1 tablespoon melted butter Enough rolled oats to form ^ cup sugar stiff batter Beat egg, add sugar, butter and salt and oats. Drop from teaspoon far apart on greased pan and bake until brown. Bake at about 375° to 400°. These quantities make about 24 cookies. It is easy to double or treble the quantities. Whitman's Instantaneous Chocolate is excellent in cookies or icings. Cakes and Cookies 119 Aunt Elinor's Sugar Cookies 1 cup flour 2 tablespoons butter y^ cup sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 egg Lemon or vanilla extract Cream butter and sugar, add beaten egg and flavoring and flour sifted with baking powder last. Roll very thin, sprinkle with granulated sugar and bake crisp. About 400°. Aunt Virginia's Walnut Wafers 1 even tablespoon of butter 4 tablespoons flour 2 cups of brown sugar J^ teaspoon of salt 1 cup chopped walnuts 3^ teaspoon baking powder 3 well beaten eggs Mix well and drop J^ teaspoon of the mixture in buttered tins. Do not put close together — take out of pan while hot. Aunt Dell's Cookies 3 eggs 4 cups flour 2 cups sugar 1 teaspoonful soda 1 cup butter a little nutmeg 1 cup sour cream Mix eggs, sugar and butter to a cream. Then add sour cream to which soda has been added, and flour. Toss on floured board, pat, and roll out ^ inch thick. Shape with cutter dipped in flour. Bake on a buttered sheet in a moderate oven. 120 Cakes and Cookies m Aunt Robbie^s Cookies with Nuts 3^ cup butter J^ cup bread flour ^ cup powdered sugar 3^ teaspoonful vanilla ^ cup milk